Robinson successfully defended his school from closure, fought for the unification of the teaching unions, mentored future trade union leaders and transformed teaching at the Marx Memorial Library, writes JOHN FOSTER
Why is Lenin still so important today?
Ahead of the forthcoming centenary of Lenin’s death, the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY takes a look at his major works and their significance
A judge in a German court ruled that the ban activity imposed on renowned Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawful, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
At the very moment Britain faces poverty, housing and climate crises requiring radical solutions, the liberal press promotes ideologically narrow books while marginalising authors who offer the most accurate understanding of change, writes IAN SINCLAIR
From Gaza protest bans to proscribing Palestine Action, political elites are showing a crisis of confidence as they abandon Roy Jenkins’s apologetic approach for Suella Braverman’s aggressive ‘hate march’ rhetoric, writes PAUL DONOVAN
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the legal case behind this weekend’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival and the lessons for today
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
The summer of 1950 saw Labour abandon further nationalisation while escalating Korean War spending from £2.3m to £4.7m, as the government meekly accepted capitalism’s licence and became Washington’s yes-man, writes JOHN ELLISON
THIS month marks the centenary of Lenin’s death on January 21 1924. Most of the Full Marx columns to date have been to do with the significance of Marxism in relation to history, philosophy, economics and the environment. But often you’ll come across the term “Marxism-Leninism.” What’s that “Leninism” bit about?
Sometimes it’s explained as that the theory is Marx and the revolutionary practice is Lenin. But that would be far too simple. Marx and Engels did initiate a theoretical analysis of class society, particularly capitalism, and its dynamics. But they were also committed to changing the world and were closely involved with European political movements of their time.
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, founder of the Russian Communist Party and first head of the Soviet state, also wrote extensively, both before and after the October 2017 Russian Revolution in which he played such a significant part, developing Marx and Engels’ analysis of capitalism, as well as revolutionary theory and practice.
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